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She’s Oscar-Nominated, but Hong Chau Hopes to Stay an Underdog
Though Hong Chau received her first Oscar nomination last month, for playing Brendan Fraser’s caretaker in the Darren Aronofsky drama “The Whale,” it took awhile for the accolade to sink in. In 2017, after a breakout role in Alexander Payne’s ...
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World
Joshua Bell’s London
“The first time I came to London, I was 17,” the violinist Joshua Bell, now 54, told me. We were at dinner together following a recent performance of his at Wigmore Hall, a small but renowned concert hall. “I came with my parents to make my first ...
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Newyork
Why I Watch the Closing Credits of Every Movie I See
One look is enough to challenge the myth of the genius auteur calling all the shots.
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An Unlikely College Bromance That Has Lasted a Lifetime
In his new memoir, Will Schwalbe — theater nerd and bookworm — describes the bond he continues to share with a former Navy SEAL turned eco-warrior.
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Review: ‘Die Monosau’ Revives Chaotic Energy in Berlin
Chaos also plays a role in a new play at the Volksbühne theater that delivers on its pledge of a director-free evening.
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Newyork
The Smartphone and the Sources of Teenager Despair
American teenagers, and especially American teenage girls, are increasingly miserable: more likely to entertain suicidal thoughts and act on them, more likely to experience depression, more likely to feel beset by “persistent feelings of sadness or ...
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News
Rethinking the “Digital Detox”
Experts say the best way to set boundaries with technology involve sustained effort, not just a break.
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Newyork
How a Laundry Entrepreneur Spends Her Sundays
It’s all about grocery shopping and cooking for LaChena Clark, who likes to serve afternoon tea in her home.
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Newyork
Poem: [Dog Is a Way of Thinking]
Magdalena Zurawski’s intrepid use of caesura — a pause in a line of poetry — reinforces the theme of disciplined attention in “[Dog Is a Way of Thinking].” The poem’s frequent midline interruptions of otherwise overflowing (enjambed) lines creates a ...
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Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul’s 10 Essential Songs
The Long Island rapper David Jolicoeur, known for his freewheeling rhyme style, has died at 54, just weeks before his trio’s catalog arrives on streaming services.